Lamentations 2:22

Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side i.e. Jehovah has summoned for my destruction the sword, famine, and pestilence. For the comparison with a solemn assembly cp. Lamentations 2:7; Lamentations 1:15. The LXX (and similarly Targ.) render instead of "terrors" (from a similar Heb. root) neighbouring villages(so Löhr), which, if this be the sense, are spoken of as sharing in Jerusalem's calamities. The former view, however, is preferable, both as harmonizing better with the thought expressed in the last line, and as having probable reference to Jeremiah's favourite expression (see on Jeremiah 6:25).